>
>It seems to me that this business of the resistors opening/going high etc is
>a potential problem, since a perfectly stable amp can after a few years
>develop parasitics just because the resistors get hot from normal operation
>and then go either high resistance or open. I guess the use of 'Globar' type
>resistors may well help in this respect,
Typical globar resistors have 3 to 7 times more intrinsic L than is
optimal for vhf suppressor service.. Cesiwid Co. told me they could
manufacture a resistor with under 10nH of intrinsic L. The price was c.
$10,000 for a minimum order of one thousand units.
>or even possibly the very old
>fashioned solid carbon 5 watt jobs. However, there is a cost/availability
>issue. Has anyone ever measured the resistance of the carbon rod in a D size
>cell?
roughly 0.05 ohms, Peter. .
Rich...
R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures
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